Over the past few months, Danny L Harle has been relatively quiet on the solo front, but far from inactive. He recently remixed Oklou’s emotional anthem “harvest sky”, contributed to Dua Lipa’s “Houdini”, and teamed up with Shygirl on new material. His last solo project was 2021’s rave-fueled Harlecore, but things are shifting now, as the UK producer has just signed to the legendary XL Recordings. PinkPantheress, meanwhile, continues her unstoppable rise, fresh off the release of her Fancy That mixtape.
Today, the two artists unite on “Starlight,” and it’s everything we hoped for: dreamy, hyper-emotional, and bursting with energy. Describing the song, Danny calls it “an ode to our shared musical memories – rave, UKG, happy hardcore – filtered through our own hyper-maximal lens.” That nostalgic yet futuristic blend comes through clearly, with PinkPantheress’s featherlight vocals gliding effortlessly over Harle’s epic, high-octane production.
“It’s shaped by my love of the melancholic songwriting traditions of Europe from composers like Monteverdi and John Dowland, all the way to 90s Eurodance and the uplifting trance of the 2000s – artists like Gigi D’Agostino and Alice Deejay,” he adds. “PinkPantheress is the dream collaborator for this song, her love for ornamental melodies and hypnotic lyricism fit perfectly into my sound world.”
Arnaud, a passionate music enthusiast from France, now based in Madrid, founded HighClouds in 2015. With an ear for the dreamy, the ethereal, and the unconventional, he thrives on discovering and sharing boundary-pushing sounds. If it’s weird, bold, and forward-thinking, you can bet he’s here for it.